ninety-fifth
Americanadjective
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next after the ninety-fourth; being the ordinal number for 95.
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being one of 95 equal parts.
noun
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a ninety-fifth part, especially of one (1/95).
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the ninety-fifth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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So if you wanted to go to the ninety- fifth floor, you’d just press the 95 button and the ninety-fifth floor would come to you.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
He tells Alex that he is in the ninety-fifth percentile in height.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
He has managed to survive his ninety-fifth year.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration
He was, I think, in his ninety-fifth year.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie
We are always quite sure that if Macaulay had been an Athenian citizen towards the ninety-fifth Olympiad, he would have taken sides with Anytus and Meletus in the impeachment of Socrates.
From Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) Essay 4: Macaulay by Morley, John
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